Lucky Frankfurt Motor Show attendees will be the first to see a convertible version of Audi’s phenomenal R8, called the R8 Spyder. Foregoing the proliferating retractable hardtop, Audi has gone ...

After much anticipation Audi unveiled the drop-top version of its R8 in Frankfurt a few months ... a light-weight soft-top instead of a retractable hard top. The total curb weight of the car ...

NEW YORK — Audi's uproarious R8 just lost its roof and got a whole lot sunnier. See also: Mazda's MX-5 RF retractable hardtop looks like a Japanese Jaguar Sensible German luxury carmaker Audi ...

It’s sure to be one of, if not the car’s largest market, so it’s no surrise that Audi ... the R8’s already stiff chassis and a light-weight soft-top instead of a retractable hard top.

Last week I tested Audi's all-new 2011 R8 Spyder, the convertible version ... end aluminium engine vents and rear body panels. Its retractable soft roof on the car is solidly engineered.

Audi's R8 has returned for a second-generation encore ... As expected, Audi has once again eschewed a complex and weighty folding hardtop in favor of a powered fabric solution which weighs ...

When did Audi become the ultimate ‘cool’ car manufacturer? It could have been around the end of the last decade, when the original TT was launched, along with the futuristic A2 compact MPV.